Needham & Company Raises Estimates on 'Buy' Rated Cray (CRAY); Positive Outlook as HPC Environment Appears Healthy

August 1, 2012 7:47 AM EDT Send to a Friend
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Price: $17.60 +0.11%

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    2 Buy, 2 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 11 | Down: 18 | New: 13
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Needham & Company maintains a 'Buy' on Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) price target of $15.00 (from $14.00).

Analyst, Glenn Hanus, said, "Cray reported 2Q about as expected and reiterated 2012 guide as all contracts required have been awarded. A key dependency remains timely delivery of “Kepler” chips. Cray is tracking to meet its ‘12 goal of 10% of revenue from “new initiatives”. Cray is building its pipeline and awards for ’13 as its competitive position in HPC appears strong and "new initiatives" should grow substantially in ’13. Tone of Call was positive."

FY12 EPS estimate raised from $0.62 to $0.85. Initial 2013 revenue range could be $410-430M vs. $380M in ’12 (excluding the $60M push out from ’11).

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Shares of Cray closed at $12.43 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $4.96-$12.93.


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